Part 5 Cross-Cutting Issues, 5.4 Defenders of Freedom of Religion or Belief and Non-Governmental Organizations

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bielefeldt Heiner, Prof ◽  
Ghanea Nazila, Dr ◽  
Wiener Michael, Dr
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Freedom Of Religion ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Community Associations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Faith Based Organizations ◽  
Fact Finding ◽  
The Right ◽  
Standard Terms

Freedom of religion or belief has long depended on advocates and human rights defenders to ensure its normative development and its protection. Human rights defenders serve as an essential counterpart to States in advancing freedom of religion or belief by operating within charities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), faith-based organizations, interfaith organizations, or community associations. Though the 1981 Declaration and the 1998 Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms are silent on their contributions, their role has been welcomed by numerous freedom of religion or belief mechanisms and mandate-holders. Yet, their contributions are hampered by reprisals against human rights defenders and intimidation against mandate-holders, in sharp contrast with the Standard Terms of Reference for Fact-Finding Missions. Ombudspersons, faith-based organizations, INGOs, and NGOs have an important role to play regarding freedom of religion or belief and need to ensure non-discrimination in their activities.

Translating religion and development: Emerging perspectives from critical ethnographies of faith-based organizations

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 243-263
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Bolotta ◽  
Catherine Scheer ◽  
R. Michael Feener
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Cumulative Effect ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Separate Spheres ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
National University ◽  
Faith Based Organizations ◽  
Henry Luce

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, there has been a remarkable surge of interest among both policy makers and academics on religion and its engagements with development. Within this context, ‘religious non-governmental organizations (RNGOs)’ or ‘faith-based organizations’ (FBOs) have garnered considerable attention. Early attempts to understand FBOs often took the form of typological mapping exercises, the cumulative effect of which has been the construction of a field of ‘RNGOs’ that can be analysed as distinct from—and possibly put into the service of—the work of purportedly secular development actors. However, such typologies imply problematic distinctions between over-determined imaginations of separate spheres of ‘religion’ and ‘development’. In this article, we innovatively extend the potential of ethnographic approaches highlighting aspects of ‘brokerage’ and ‘translation’ to FBOs and identify new, productive tensions of convergent analysis. These, we argue, provide original possibilities of comparison and meta-analysis to explore contemporary entanglements of religion and development. This article was written as part of a broader research project on Religion and NGOs in Asia. We are grateful to the Henry R. Luce Initiative on Religion in International Affairs at the Henry Luce Foundation for their generous support of this research. We would also like to thank Philip Fountain and other members of the National University of Singapore’s Asia Research Institute for stimulating conversations that have informed our thinking in this article, and the anonymous reviewers for PIDS who have helped us to improve on earlier drafts.

scholarly journals The Role of NGOs (Non-governmental organizations) in Participatory Prevention of Environmental crimes

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Shirin Aghajani
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Right ◽  
Development And Environment

Crimes against the environment are actions that in certain circumstances cause Pollution, destruction or damage to the environment. The importance of preventing these crimes is because it relates directly to the health of human beings. Today non-governmental actors play an important role in the national and international arena.The Geographical diversity of activities and their different functions has led to state actors cannot be indifferent to the role of these new actors. NGOs are involved in two "competing" or "partner" forms of governments. In issues related to human rights, these to be a competitor to governments. While in the case of issues such as health development and environment it is considered as a partner of governments. In Iran's legal system the action role of these organizations in regard to environmental protection is undeniable: But there is still a lot of vacuum at the reactionary stage: must provide suitable substrates for the active Participation of this actors in environmental litigation: In a way that they can achieve a favorable position in criminal proceedings: Also, the organization of NGOS as the right hand of governments in helping to solve these problems has also a special place. The research method was descriptive-analytic and the date was collected as a library. In this research we decided to investigate the role of grassroots institutions in preventing environmental crime and accomplish the strengths and weaknesses of these institutions.

The reality of human rights in Egypt after the January 2011 revolution A study in reports of international non-governmental organizations

2020 ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
Hussam Mamdouh Khero
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Political System ◽  
The Political ◽  
Amnesty International ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Revolution

The research in our hands seeks to reveal the reality of human rights in Egypt after the January 2011 revolution and has the revolution succeeded in achieving its slogans of (living, freedom, and social justice) as it succeeded in removing former President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak? The research also seeks to solve the problem related to the Egyptian human rights, which links the security of the Egyptian citizen and his rights, as the researcher assumes that the political system that forms on the ruins of Mubarak’s rule put the Egyptian citizen between these two options without the right to enjoy both, so long as security is weak, there is no room to talk about human rights . The researcher has relied on the reports of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch as two international non-governmental organizations specializing in human rights and they have experience in this file the big thing, so we examined their reports for the years after the January revolution in study and analysis in our endeavor to prove the hypothesis that the researcher started and which we explained above.

Non-governmental organizations in Russia and abroad: actual issues of legal status and functioning

10.12737/1930 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-93
Author(s):  
Владлена Лысенко ◽  
Vladlena Lysenko
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
International System ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Freedom Of Association ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right

The author has attempted to look at the phenomenon of non-governmental organizations from international and national legal points of view, to investigate the legal nature, place and role of NGOs in contemporary constitutional and international system, to explore and identify various forms and ways of the right for association, to analyze international legal and national sources on the topic, compare them and draw appropriate conclusions. The article analyzes the problems of civil society and human rights in the domestic and international legal dimension. Given the different definitions and approaches to the study of the legal status and activities of non-governmental organizations, this article uses the author’s definition of a public association, which is based on the right of everyone to freedom of association. The paper sets out a number of general theoretical and methodological recommendations to help improve the activities of public associations, the development of the legal framework of their functioning, enhance their prestige and influence among the citizens, a gradual reduction of conflict in society, the achievement of civil, political and legal consensus. Theoretical basis of scientific article are works of Russian and foreign scientists on common issues of law, human rights issues and activities of the legal status of public associations, as well as works on philosophy, sociology, history, political science and international relations.

scholarly journals RIGHTS! Civil and Human Rights Law Portal

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Dominique Hallett
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Saint Louis ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Saint Louis University ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Hand Column ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Right

On September 1, 2020, LLMC, a non-profit Minnesota-based consortium of law libraries, launched the open-access portal RIGHTS! (http://www.llmc.com/rights/home.aspx). If you are looking for primary materials such as current constitutions, human/civil rights acts, Non-Governmental Organizations’ websites, advocacy organizations, and other resources specifically dealing with injustices regarding marginalized parties, this is the place to look. Their stated mission is preserving legal titles and government documents, while making copies inexpensively available digitally through its on-line service, LLMC-Digital (http://www.llmc.com/about.aspx). The original intent was to focus on primarily US and Canadian sources, as seen by the dropdown navigation on the left of the site, but the site also includes other international sources. The page opens at the “Civil and Human Rights Law Portal—Global,” which includes links to various government organizations, judicial information, non-governmental organizations, research and education resources and various documents from different countries. The RIGHTS! site can also be reached through the parent page (http://LLMC.com) with the link to RIGHTS! Located in the right-hand column. The RIGHTS! Portal is sponsored by the Vincent C. Immel Law Library at Saint Louis University.

scholarly journals Violations of Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Religion by the Russian Federation as the Occupying Power in Crimea

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 134-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evhen Tsybulenko ◽  
Anastassiya Platonova
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Freedom Of Religion ◽  
Extensive Experience ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Occupied Territory ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The City

Abstract Considering modern weaponization of media and extensive experience of Russia in employing the propaganda machine, further attacks and trespasses against the freedom of expression and freedom of religion in order to suppress dissent in the occupied territory are to be expected. In accordance with the reports of international organizations and non-governmental organizations, the current situation in Crimea after the occupation with regard to human rights protections is concerning. This article will put together the reported events in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol concerning the freedom of expression and freedom of religion in order to demonstrate the gravity of the situation and responsibility of the occupying power.

Human Rights Education

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anja Mihr
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Human Rights Education ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
English Speaking World ◽  
The Right ◽  
Rights Issue

Human rights education (HRE) is a set of educational and pedagogical learning methods aimed at informing people and training them in their human rights. The earliest foundation of HRE is found under Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, which guarantees the right to education. HRE became a widespread concept in the 1990s with the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly in 1994 on the UN Decade for Human Rights Education from 1995 to 2004. With this decade, all UN member states agreed to undertake measures to promote and incorporate HRE in the formal and non-formal education sectors. However, toward the end of the UN Decade it was clear that only a few governments had complied with these requests. Instead, most of the promotional work for HRE was done by non-governmental organizations (NGOs). NGOs, foundations, academic institutions, and international organizations have edited and published most of the literature in the field of HRE over the past four decades. Publication figures estimate over 2000 publications since 1965, and the number is growing, particularly in the non-English speaking world. Most materials focus on a particular human rights issue such as gender, children, torture, or freedom rights. In the future, HRE is expected to be more local and community based as well as more target group–orientated.

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